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- December 31
- December 30
- December 29
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- 6 Strange Sites Spotted on Google Earth in 2017
- 'Vast Majority' of Online Anti-Vaxxers Are Women
- Full Wolf Moon: New Year's Supermoon Is the Biggest of the Year
- Does Pure Water Exist?
- 10 Ways to Cheat a Hangover
- An Anthropologist Explains Why We Love Holiday Rituals and Traditions
- The 8 Biggest Happiness Findings of 2017
- December 28
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- Your Body's Internal Scale May Sense (and Fight) Weight Gain
- Sea Stars Make a Comeback After Mysterious 'Goo' Disease Killed Millions
- Science and Sci-Fi at the Movies in 2017
- Nuclear Sphere: Weird Globe Could Revolutionize Fusion Energy
- Photos: Renaissance World Map Sports Magical Creatures
- Newly Unveiled 16th-Century Map Shows a World Filled with Centaurs and Unicorns
- From American Cockroaches to Zebras, New Book Answers 'Does It Fart?'
- Does It Fart? 10 Fascinating Facts About Animal Toots
- December 27
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- China’s First Emperor Ordered Official Search for Immortality Elixir
- Ancient Axes, Spear Points May Reveal When Early Humans Left Africa
- Physicists are Building the World's Most Perfect Snowflake
- Bud in the Oven? Marijuana Use Rises in Pregnant Women
- Tourist Snaps Sneak Peek of SpaceX Falcon Heavy Payload Fairing in Florida
- When the World Turned Green: Age of Plant Photosynthesis Revealed
- Mongolian 'Game of Thrones' Revealed in Ancient Engravings
- Dig Deep: DARPA Contest Aims to Take People Underground
- December 26
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- Moon's Supersonic Shadow Created Waves During the Solar Eclipse
- Why Was Christmas So Cold This Year?
- What Is 'Water Memory'? Why This Homeopathy Claim Doesn't Hold Water
- Footstrike Hemolysis: How Running Changed One Man's Blood Cells
- WWI-Era Submarine Found in Remote Waters off Papua New Guinea
- Buttless Wonder: New Worm Has No Anus
- 60-Million-Year-Old Meteor Strike Uncovered on Remote Isle of Skye
- This Tiny Sea Monster Had Creepy Mouth Appendages
- Photos: Prehistoric Rock Art Hints at Elite Class on Kisar
- Prehistoric Rock Art Found on Tiny Indonesian Island
- December 25
- December 24
- December 23
- December 22
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- 8 Human-Animal Encounters That Went Horribly Wrong in 2017
- World's Smallest Christmas Card Offers Season's Tiniest Greetings
- Haunted Again: Skull-Faced 'Halloween Asteroid' Returns in 2018
- If Dogs Can Smell Cancer, Why Don't They Screen People?
- The Strangest Science Findings of 2017
- What is Kwanzaa?
- December 21
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- 'Spermbot' May One Day Help Treat Cervical Cancer
- The Truth About Those 'Alien Alloys' in The NY Times UFO Story
- The 10 Biggest Archaeology Discoveries of 2017
- Byzantine Monastery with Colorful Mosaics Unearthed in Israel
- Photos: Remains of Ancient Monastery in Israel
- Poor Pups: Chocolate Poisonings in Dogs Spike During Christmastime
- UFO Sightings & News
- Neanderthals: Facts About Our Extinct Human Relatives
- December 20
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- Cellphone Guidelines Won't Harm, But They Probably Won't Help Either
- Skip the Snake Pills: Rattlesnake Medicine Linked to Salmonella
- We May Not Be Alone, Former Pentagon UFO Investigator Says
- Elon Musk Unveils Falcon Heavy Rocket Photos Ahead of Maiden Flight
- Why Most of Us Lean to the Right When We Kiss
- UFO Mysteries: These Sightings Have Never Been Solved
- Dog-Mauling Death: Why Dogs Turn on Their Owners
- The Weird Quantum Property of 'Spin'
- Underground Castles? How Desert Spiders Craft Vertical Tunnels
- 8 Times Flat-Earthers Tried to Challenge Science (and Failed) in 2017
- Mount Vesuvius & Pompeii: Facts & History
- December 19
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- Stratolaunch's Monster Jet Completes First Test-Drive Down Runway
- Jesus in 2017: Biblical Archaeologists Had a Big Year
- How to Temporarily Undo the Universe's Endless Chaos with Chloroform
- Tiny Fossils May Be Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth
- Navy Pilot Was 'Pretty Weirded Out' by Encounter with Unidentified Object in 2004
- The 10 Strangest Medical Cases of 2017
- The 10 Weirdest Sea Monsters of 2017
- How Does the Flu Actually Kill People?
- Interstellar Object 'Oumuamua Could Be a Comet in Disguise
- December 18
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- The Demon Attacks at Night: Explaining the Incubus Phenomenon
- Best Robot Kits for Kids
- Are Santa's reindeer males?
- The Strangest Things That Were 3D-Printed in 2017
- Woman Develops Rare Cesarean Scar Condition, 5 Times
- A Tiny, 'Extinct' Marsupial Re-Emerges in the Australian Desert
- Do You Want to Believe? Government UFO Search Never Stopped
- Why People Hear Voices When Climbing Mount Everest
- The 10 Best Science Hashtags of 2017
- King Tut's Dagger Is 'Out of This World'
- Photos: Oldest Iron Objects Came from Outer Space
- December 17
- December 16
- December 15
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- Compound in Marijuana Appears Safe and Nonaddictive, WHO Says
- 8 Ways That Air Pollution Can Harm Your Health
- Greenland Sharks May Live 400 Years
- 4 Child Graves Discovered at Ancient Egyptian Site
- Photos: Children's Graves Discovered in Ancient Egypt
- Photos: Aerial Views of Ancient Stone Structures in Saudi Arabia
- What Force Created These Bizarre Cubes in Antarctica's Ice?
- Russian Culture: Facts, Customs & Traditions
- No, Scientists Haven't Found a 512-Year-Old Greenland Shark
- Poop Proof: Ancient Greeks Suffered from Gut Parasites
- December 14
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- Brewing Health Benefits: Hot Tea May Lower Glaucoma Risk
- Record Breaker! 8th Alien Planet Found Around Distant Star
- Teen Cigarette Use Drops, But Marijuana & Vaping Rates Stay High
- Gone Fishing? 11,500-Year-Old Fishhooks Discovered in Woman's Grave
- Photos: Ancient Woman Buried with Handmade Fishhooks
- 18th-Century Jesus Statue Hid a Secret Note in a Surprising Place
- If You Suck at Dating, It's Not You — It's Evolution
- Spy Satellites Reveal Ancient Lost Empires in Afghanistan
- Strange Sea Swirls: What's Behind Speedy 'Smoke Ring' Vortices?
- Unusual 'Blob' of Hot Rock Found Beneath New England
- Surgeon Signs Initials into Patients' Livers: What Is an 'Argon Beam'?
- Glass-Shattering! How Wineglass Size Has Changed Since 1700
- Why There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays
- Mummified Egyptian Woman's Portrait Mapped in Incredible Detail
- Antarctic Microbes Can Survive on Air Alone
- Think Xenon Gas Is Boring? See What Happens When It Gets Excited
- That 'Feeling in Your Bones' Has Nothing to Do with the Weather
- December 13
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- Health Stats: The Best and Worst States
- Massachusetts Unseats Hawaii As Healthiest State
- Lose Water Weight, Grow an Inch? It Happened for These Mountains
- Hard to Imagine: What Is Aphantasia?
- Icy images: Antarctica will amaze you in incredible aerial views
- The Arctic Ice Is Dying
- Firefighters May Face Additional Foe: Increased Skin Cancer Risk
- Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight! How to Watch Online
- Ancient Jellyfish Embryos Curled Up Like Accordions
- December 12
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- Giant Penguin: This Ancient Bird Was As Tall As a Refrigerator
- Star Wars Physics: Could the 'Force' Actually Exist?
- Why We Can't Stop Seeing Zigzags in This Freaky Optical Illusion
- Feather-Gripping Tick Trapped in Amber Dined on Dinos
- Just How Rare Is That Giant Python Captured in the Everglades?
- Is the Ice Wall from 'Game of Thrones' Physically Possible?
- Mystery of Whale and Dolphin Strandings May Hinge on NASA Data
- Why This Explosive, Mars-Like Volcanic Island Fascinates NASA
- Picture of Health: Can AI Eye Scan Reveal What Ails You?
- Photos: Ancient Chinese Tomb Full of Bronze Vessels
- Ancient Tomb Full of 'Soup Bowls' & Food Vessels Discovered in China
- Pokémon STOP: Experts Find Game Caused Spike in Car Accidents
- World of Intricate Muscles Revealed Inside Velvet Worm's Wee Leg
- What Are Pyrocumulus Clouds? California Fires Spawn Eerie Formations
- Chinese Culture: Customs & Traditions of China
- December 11
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- Is 'Man Flu' Real? Men Suffer More When Sick, Study Suggests
- Full Moon Is Bad, But Supermoon Is Even Worse for Motorcyclists
- Linen-Wrapped Mummy Found Inside 3,500-Year-Old Tomb in Luxor
- Sorry, Mount Jackson: The U.K.'s New Tallest Mountain Is Ice Cold
- Down the Drain: How 'Pulling the Plug' on Earth's Oceans Would Look
- Do Elves Clean Your Brain While You Sleep?
- How Does Your Brain Stop a Task It Already Started?
- Beyond Clickbait: Viral Skin-Cancer Selfie Boosted Online Searches
- Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week! How to See Year's Best Meteor Display
- Ancient Rock Art Mapped in Amazing Detail, Revealing 100-Foot Snake
- Earth's Mysterious Hum Recorded Underwater for 1st Time
- December 10
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- December 8
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- Man's Unusual Sunburn Lets Him Make A Dent in His Forehead
- Isaac Newton 'Graffiti' Discovered in Historic English Manor
- Bizarre Origins of 4th-Century 'Santa Claus Bone' Revealed
- In Photos: Jaw-Dropping Images Reveal Science Is Amazing
- 'American Murderer' Worm Strips To Evade Your Immune System
- Watch a Brilliant Fireball Light Up the Sky in This NJ Police Dash-Cam Video
- 200-Year-Old Journal Reveals Rare American Sunspot Records
- OCD Obsessions Often Come with Physical Sensations
- Why One Woman Mysteriously Started Hearing 'Divine' Voices
- 5,500-Year-Old Wooden Clubs Were Deadly Weapons
- Flu Season Is Already Off to a Bad Start
- December 7
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- Solar Eclipse Damage to Woman's Eye Revealed in Striking Images
- Love at First Sight? It's Probably Just Lust
- 80-mph Wind Gusts Could Force L.A. Firefighters to a Standstill
- Did The Wildfire Rabbit 'Rescuer' Doom A Litter of Babies?
- Is the World's First Nuclear Fusion Plant Finally on Track?
- Viagra Goes Generic: 5 Interesting Facts About the 'Little Blue Pill'
- Survival of the Fishiest? How 'Shape of Water' Creature Could Evolve
- DNA Has Gone Digital — What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- Mystery Attacks Caused Brain Damage in US Embassy Workers in Cuba
- Raging Southern California Wildfires Seen from Space (Photos)
- Taking Vitamin B7 Can Mess Up Your Medical Tests
- Sleep Paralysis Is Linked to Stress (and Supernatural Beliefs)
- Photos: Analyzing an Amazing, Amphibious Dinosaur
- This Dinosaur Fossil Was So Bizarre, Scientists Thought It Was Fake
- This 5,000-Pound Behemoth Is the World's Heaviest Bony Fish
- December 6
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- Yes, Your Daily Stress Can Haunt Your Dreams
- Even New Birth Control Pills May Raise Women's Breast Cancer Risk
- Blood Red Skies Over China Explained 300 Years Later
- They've Got Personality: Ant 'Superorganisms' Have Unique Temperaments
- Here's Why the Ventura Wildfire Is So Explosive
- Humans Would Be Cool with Finding Aliens
- The World's Largest Organism Is Dying
- $450 Million Da Vinci: Why Was Damaged Painting So Expensive?
- What If the Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning? New Study Proposes Alternative
- Horseshoe Crab Fossil from a Long Time Ago Named After Darth Vader
- Why Microwaved Eggs Explode
- Jumping Spider Eating Tadpole (Photos)
- Tiny Spider Gobbles Tadpole in Never-Before-Seen Behavior
- December 5
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- Why You May Hear a Loud Boom When Watching This Silent GIF
- Elon Musk Will Launch His Tesla Roadster to Mars
- John Mayer's Emergency Surgery: How Common Is Appendicitis?
- Cats Are As Brainy As Bears But Fall Short of Dogs
- Mathematicians Awarded $3 Million for Cracking Century-Old Problem
- Scientists Used Fake Hallucinations to Probe the Minds of People With Psychosis
- Smile (or Not): Photos Can Be Animated to Show Expressions
- Hairy, Blue Tarantulas Found Hiding in Hole-Filled Tree Stump
- Viking-Era Stone Carved with Runes Found in Norway
- Why Do Dogs Chew Everything?
- Ancient 'Cave of the Dead” Revealed in 3D Model
- In Photos: Scotland's Cave of the Dead
- December 4
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- New 3D-printed Mask Helps Heal Puppy's Fractured Skull
- Trump Dramatically Shrinks Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears Parks
- The Wrong Way to Pop a Pimple
- Brainy Birds: Pigeons Can Understand Distance and Time
- Man's Unusual 'Do Not Resuscitate' Tattoo Sparks Ethics Debate
- It Bleeds. It Breathes. It's a Lifelike Artificial Human Corpse!
- Jesus' Secret Revelations? Copy of Forbidden Teachings Found in Egypt
- The Biggest Myth About the 'Bee Apocalypse'
- Lava Gulps Down GoPro Camera, Which Records the Entire, Fiery Affair
- Is Einstein's 'Theory of Happiness' as Successful as General Relativity?
- December 3
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- December 1
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- New Migraine Drugs May Stop Headaches Before They Start
- Is your DNA privacy at risk?
- Hard to Swallow: Shark Suffocates on Porcupine Fish
- The Worst Theoretical Prediction in the History of Physics
- Discovery: Why Strange, Chalky Swirls Cover the Southern Ocean
- The Tastiest Sausages Bring Their Own Microbes to the Party
- Hanukkah: History & Traditions
- Addicted to Your Phone? It Could Throw Off Your Brain Chemistry
- Armored 'Pinecone' Fish's Insides Revealed in Spooky Scan
- The North Pole: Location, Weather, Exploration … and Santa
